Music
Battlemode: “Die Alone”
Boston’s Battlemode is an inexhaustible fount of energy and creative chutzpah.
Square Loop, Allston Loop
Square Loop completed the Allston Loop on the last show of the first leg of its tour.
Stranger Still: “I, Icarus”
Toronto’s Stranger Still is wyrd folke wandering in poetic landscapes.
Winkler: “Call It Good Times”
Boston’s Winkler delivers a bright and bouncy sound on “Call It Good Times.”
June McDoom: “Babe, You Light Me Up”
June McDoom’s self-titled EP is proof that chillwave nostalgia is a market force.
Girl With a Hawk: “Same Stars”
The backstory to our highlighted track “Same Stars” will break your heart.
Grey Lady Is One Day Old, Or Thereabouts
Miss Bones welcomed a new album into the world at Cantab Lounge.
Tuulikki Bartosik: “London”
Hump Day News loves accordions. It’s our curse, but Tuulikki Bartosik is the world’s blessing.
Thank You, Alex Pickert
A four-stack bill joined to celebrate the split release Fauna at Crystal Ballroom.
Jeff Parker: “Four Folks”
Jeff Parker finds himself behind the big belly of an acoustic guitar on his latest solo LP.
Soft Fangs: “Factory Floor”
New York’s Soft Fangs crafts a kind of briny, gazey folk rock.
Reverse Death: “Teapot”
Surprisingly sedate for a band with garage overtones and a name like Reverse Death.
Takuya Kuroda: “Midnight Crisp”
Takuya Kuroda plays the soundtrack to your best night out, full of friends, good drinks, and compelling sounds.
Anthony Manning: “Islets in Pink Polypropylene 1”
Soundscapes that do double duty as dystopian score and Richard D. James daydreams.
Christian Pace: “Untitled”
Boston’s Christian Pace caught some attention with his four-song EP Skunk.
Bright Lights, Big Shitty
Still Life Sounds closed a four-stack bill at O’Brien’s Pub on a sleepy Sunday.